Cupid's revenge; or An account of a king, who slighted all women and at length was forced to marry a beggar. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A35440 of text R216220 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C7612). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A35440 Wing C7612 ESTC R216220 99827967 99827967 109343 2264214683

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A35440) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 109343) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1698:23; 21232:278-279) Cupid's revenge; or An account of a king, who slighted all women and at length was forced to marry a beggar. 2 sheets ([1] p.) : ill. s.n., [London : 1700?] Verse - "A King who once reign'd beyond the seas,". Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the originals in: Harvard University Library (reel 1698:23); British Library (2123.2:278-279). eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century eebo Cupid's revenge; or An account of a King, who slighted all women and at length was forced to marry a beggar. anon 1700 1 571 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
CUPID's REVENGE . Or , An Account of a KING , who slighted all Women , and at length was forced to marry a BEGGAR .

A King once reign'd beyond the Seas , As we in ancient Stories find , Whom no Face could ever please , He cared not for Woman-kind . He despis'd the fairest Beauties , And the greatest Fortunes too ; At length he marry'd to a Beggar . See what Cupid's Darts can do ! The blinded Boy , that shoots so trim , Did to his Closet-window steal ; Then drew a Dart , and shot at him , And made him soon his Power feel . He that never car'd for Woman , But did Females ever hate , At length was smitten , wounded , swooned , For a Beggar at his Gate . For , mark what happen'd on a Day , As he look'd from his Window high , He spy'd a Beggar all in grey , With two more in her Company . She his Fancy soon enflamed , And his Heart was grieved sore , Must I have her , court her , crave her ? I , that never lov'd before ! This noble Prince of high Renown , Did to his Chamber strait repair , And on his Couch he laid him down , Opprest with love-sick Grief and Care . Ne'er was Monarch so surprized : Here I lie a Captive Slave ! But I 'll to her , court her , wooe her , She must heal the Wound she gave . Then to his Palace-gate he goes : The Beggars crav'd his Charity . A Purse of Gold to them he throws : With Thankfulness away they fly . But the King he call'd her to him , Tho' she was but poor and mean . His Hand did hold her , while he told her , She should be his stately Queen . At this she blushed Scarlet-red , And on this mighty King did gaze : Then turn'd again as pale as Lead . Alas ! she was in such Amaze . Hand-in-hand they walk'd together , And the King did kindly say , He 'd respect her : — Strait they deckt her In most sumptuous rich Array . He did appoint the Wedding-day , And likewise then commanded strait , The noble Lords and Ladies gay , Upon his gracious Queen should wait , She appear'd a splendid Beauty ; All the Court did her adore : And in Marriage , with a Carriage , As if she had been a Queen before . Her Fame thro' all the Realm did ring , Altho' she came of Parents poor . — She by her Sov'reign Lord the King Did bear one Son , and eke no more . All the Nobles were well pleased , And the Ladies frank and free . For her Behaviour always gave her A Title to her Dignity . At length the King and Queen were laid Together in a silent Tomb. Their royal Son the Sceptre sway'd , Who govern'd in his Father's Room . Long in Glory did he flourish , Wealth and Honour to encrease ; Still possessing such a Blessing That he liv'd and reign'd in Peace .

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